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When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a lossto know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention,and giving the tone to the conversation.- Adelbert von Chamisso

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign.I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening,under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.- Adelbert von Chamisso

This man, although he appeared so humble and embarrassed in his air and manners,and passed so unheeded, had inspired me with such afeeling of horror by the unearthly paleness of his countenance,from which I could not avert my eyes,that I was unable longer to endure it.- Adelbert von Chamisso

I will give you three days to seek your shadow.Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow,and you shall receive a hearty welcome;otherwise,on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day -my daughter becomes the wife of another.- Adelbert von Chamisso

On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a placewhere I hoped there was nothing further to detain me.I first filled my pockets with gold,then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck,and concealed it in my bosom.- Adelbert von Chamisso

The word majesty was now dropped; but,with the deepest respect and humility,I was addressed as the count.What could I do? I accepted the title,and from that moment I was known as Count Peter.- Adelbert von Chamisso

After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome,voyage, we came at last into port.Immediately on landing I got together my few effects;and,squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearestand humblest inn which first met my gaze.- Adelbert von Chamisso

All things at first appear difficult.- Chinese proverb

Faith is taking the first step,even when you don't see the whole staircase.- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.- Judy Garland

Tolerance is the first principle of community;it is the spirit which conservesthe best that all men think.- Helen Keller

Do first things first, and second things not at all.- Peter F. Drucker

When we step on the battlefield, I will beThe First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.- LtG. Hal Moore

Seek first to understand,then to be understood.- Stephen Covey

In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.- Anonymous

Our "Rainbows and Butterflies" are the small miracles of our life -the little things that are so easy to overlook,yet so awe inspiring when we take a momentto notice and to pay attention.Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies,for all God's creatures - large and small,for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,for the tree veiled in the season's first frost,for the baby's laugh,for the touch of a hand and the whispered "I love you."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.- Anonymous

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.- William Shakespeare

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was:"If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?"But... the good Samaritan reversed the question:"If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Give thanks for the rainbows, for the butterflies,for all God's creatures - large and small,for the bright blue sky and the soft fog and the gentle rain,for the tree veiled in the season's first frost,for the baby's laugh, for the touch of a handand the whispered "I love you."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You grow up the day you haveyour first real laugh - at yourself.- Ethel Barrymore

Look at everything as though you were seeing iteither for the first or last time.Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.- Betty Smith

Let him that would move the world first move himself.- Socrates

If we could first know where we are,and whither we are tending,we could then better judge what to do,and how to do it.- Abraham Lincoln

Know first that you have absolutely no power to change the world,and then address all your energies and intent toward improving it.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Give me six hours to chop down a treeand I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.- Abraham Lincoln

Be gentle first with yourself.- Lama Yeshe

The first step in the evolution of ethicsis a sense of solidarity with other human beings.- Albert Schweitzer

There are two things to aim at in life:first, to get what you want,and after that to to enjoy it.- Logan Pearsall Smith

First say to yourself what you would be;then do what you have to do.- Epictetus

Non-violence is the first article of my faith.It is also the last article of my creed.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

The indispensable first step to gettingthe things you want out of life is this:Decide what you want.- Ben Stein

During the first period of a man's lifethe greatest danger is not to take the risk.- Soren Kierkegaard

Put on your own oxygen mask first.- Airline companies

Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first.- Mary Anne Radmacher

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.- Epictetus

Be gentle first with yourself -if you wish to be gentle with others.- Lama Yeshe

All truth passes through three stages:First, it is ridiculed;Second, it is violently opposed;Third, it is accepted as self-evident.- Arthur Schopenhauer

Let every day be the first dayof the rest of your life,but especially let today be a new beginning.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Self-trust is the first secret of success.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.The secret of getting started isbreaking your complex overwhelming tasksinto small manageable tasks,and starting on the first one.- Mark Twain

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.- Epictetus

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -and you are the easiest person to fool.- Richard Feynman

We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all of our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time- T. S. Eliot

If you would take, you must first give,this is the beginning of intelligence.- Lao Tzu

Today is the first and last day of forever.- Edward, from Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer

Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.- Chinese proverb

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.- Samuel Johnson

Every really new idea looks crazy at first.- Alfred North Whitehead

We first make our habits, then our habits make us.- John Dryden

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.- Proverb

For the very first time the young areseeing history being madebefore it is censored by their elders.- Margaret Mead

No greater thing is created suddenly,any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.If you tell me that you desire a fig,I answer you that there must be time.Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.- Epictetus

It is the first law of friendshipthat it has to be cultivated.The second is to be indulgentwhen the first law is neglected.- Voltaire

Self-honor (self-respect) is in no way selfish.Before I can give to others,I must have something to give.Only by first creatingmy own self-esteem and happiness,do I possess the resources tocontribute anything meaningful to others.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living;the world owes you nothing; it was here first.- Mark Twain

Do not say, "It is morning,"and dismiss it with a name of yesterday.See it for the first timeas a newborn child that has no name.- Rabindranath Tagore

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,then they fight you, then you win.- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Okay, here's your first lesson: how to take a FALL!- the movie Karate Kid